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8 oL. G. ANDERSSON, CATAL. OF LINNEAN TYPE-SPECIMENS OF SNAKES. 
A fragment of a label from Mus. Drottn. is still preserved 
and the characteristics of the specimen agree completely 
with LinNNävs's description and figure. 
Total length 105 mm. Tail 29 mm. Hind limbs 5 mm. 
Coluber atropos. 
Described by LIinN=zUsS in Mus. Ad. Frid. I, p. 22, tab. 13, fig. 1, 
Syst, Nat. Hd. Pp; 216, Hå. XI pc 315. 
Syn. in Bour. Cat. Sn. III, p. 495, Bitis atropos (L.) GÖNTHER. 
(For other synonyms see BouL. loc. cit.) 
There are two specimens from Mus. Drottningh., labeled 
Coluber atropos. — The one of these, evidentely the type for 
LINNAEU08's description, is a true Bitis atropos, the other one 
is a Wipera lebetina (L.) DaAup. 
Bitis atropos: Total length 500 mm. Tail 530 mm. Sq. 29 (30). V. 132: C. 23. 
Vipera lebetina: > > 620 > 80 Sq. 23 Vv. 155. UTA 
Coluber Calamarius. 
Described by Linnzavs in Mus. Ad. Frid. I, p. 23, tab. 6, fig3, 
Syst. Nat. Ed. X, p. 216, Ed. XII, p. 375. 
This Linnean type is regarded by the authors as syno- 
nymous with Calamaria Linnei Borr. At a glance we, ho- 
wever, find that LINn=zus's Coluber Calamarius and the authors” 
Calamaria Linnezei are different species. 'The head of the 
Linnean specimen is provided with all the usual shields 
while the genus Calamaria is in want of the loreal, the 
internasals, and the temporals. LINNZUS's specimen is iden- 
tical with Oligodon Templetonii GÖNTHER, from Ceylon, which 
species is first described at a later period. The specimen in 
question agrees completely with the description of this snake. 
The singular position of the sixth upper labial and the form 
and ranging of the other head-shields are exactly the same 
as in O. Templetonii, which appears from the descriptions 
and from the figure in GÖNTHER'S »Reptiles of British India» 
P1. 19, fig. c. The colour also seems to have been the same 
though the specimen is rather discoloured. The yellowish 
vertebral streak is distinct, especially on the tail. The 
dark cross bands are indistinct on the posterior part of the 
body, but they seem to be more than 18 in number. The 
ventral shields have alternating white and black square 
